Thread: Engine Failure on 3.0lt SDV6 help.

Sorry to hear that.

Have you seen this thread? Jaguar Land Rover recall TDV6 engined vehicles

You should also be looking at why Ford changed the crankshaft and other aspects of the engine for their F150 in the US - their lemon laws would kill the product if it was left as is.

I suspect but have no evidence that this crank and other mods are in the 2019/20 SDV6 Disco 5s - I have not heard of any of these having crank problems but they are relatively new.

Originally Posted by AS355

Hello all,

I'm over from the Rangie side looking for some help.

Last year I had my SDV6 engine in my RRS fail at 59k with a bearing failure and have since then been trying to have LRA / JRA come to the party with an replacement engine as I am of the opinion that 59k from this modern diesel it just not good enough and given the history I have found with these engines I believe I have a very good argument for a replacement engine.

I am looking for a bit of help here for at least 3 names of others whom have had the same issue, i.e.: early engine failure of their 3.0lt engine.
I am looking at going to LRA / JRA one more time with a list of information about their engine failures.
There is so much on the internet about their failures that it is quite unnerving just how many there has been both here and overseas.

If this last ditch effort with them fails I am looking at going to a couple of media outlets and try to apply some pressure through them as I have connections with them.

So if anyone would like to put their name up that would be of a great assistance.
This for manly the media as they like to have at least a few other people to interview.


Thanks all:
Glen

You are probably aware of the LR Service Bulletins SSM71816 and SSM72928 regarding this problem.
Touch wood, at 140,000 klm I haven't yet had the problem.
John Connolly who writes all things motoring in The Weekend Australian, may be interested to hear of this problem as he has had plenty to say about the Mazda engine problems, and in fact may well have had strong influence in getting the ACCC involved against Mazda.
Good luck with it, LR must not be allowed to get away with this problem and should be offering strong financial assistance to affected owners.

Have you looked at this thread? D4 3.0 SDV6 catastrophic failure

There are four people in that thread including the OP who mention they have had the same failure.
Maybe message them for further info.

Originally Posted by Mungus

Have you looked at this thread? D4 3.0 SDV6 catastrophic failure

There are four people in that thread including the OP who mention they have had the same failure.
Maybe message them for further info.

Thanks for the info Mungus, will have a look and see if I can find them.
Cheers
Glen

Id really like to know what the actual cause/s are that lead to this failure and from that work out if there is a way to pre-empt the failure point, like monitoring bearing temps with external temp sensors, or ideally if there is a fix to eliminate the possibility of bearing failure altogether. I would body off again without hesitation if there is.

Go for the solid billet crankshaft now available from NWS motor services in the UK.

Originally Posted by eddy

Go for the solid billet crankshaft now available from NWS motor services in the UK.

Hmmm - I have no personal experience but if you look at comments on the UK RRS and Disco3 forums you will see that NWS is the one company in the UK NOT to get parts from as they have a worse rate of failure than the original LR product.

Garry